Calmeca Acad Elem School

Calmeca Acad Elem School is a substantial elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school instructs 605 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 59% bigger than typical.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Calmeca Acad Elem School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Calmeca Acad Elem School lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Calmeca Acad Elem School shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Calmeca Acad Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.8%, the actual is 18.1%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Calmeca Acad Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Davis N Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Calmeca Acad Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 25.9%.

Calmeca Acad Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 808 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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